hence
As a result
Hence means from this place, from this time, or for this reason.
The spatial sense is archaic: Get thee hence.
The temporal sense survives in formal contexts: two weeks hence.
Most commonly, hence signals logical consequence—therefore, as a result: The bridge was damaged; hence the detour.
It often sounds formal or literary compared to "so" or "therefore."
For that reason
- thusIn this way
- accordinglyIn response to that
- consequentlyAs a result
- resultWhat follows a cause
outcome · effect · so · ergo · wherefore · for this reason · as a result · it follows
Beginning at present
- going forwardFrom this point onward
- onwardToward what lies ahead
- afterwardAt a subsequent time
- subsequentlyOccurring after something else
thereafter · later · in time · eventually · prospectively · down the road · moving forward
therefore
For that reason
- thusIn this way
- accordinglyIn response to that
- consequentlyAs a result
result · outcome · effect · so · ergo · wherefore · for this reason · as a result · it follows · in consequence
from now on
Beginning at present
- going forwardFrom this point onward
- onwardToward what lies ahead
- afterwardAt a subsequent time
subsequently · thereafter · later · in time · eventually · prospectively · down the road · moving forward
away
Not in this location
- old-fashioned wordsforsooth, hark, betwixt, hither, prithee
- justificationsjustification, rationale, reason, excuse, explanation
- archaic Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, ye
- formal wordshereby, herein, thereof, thereby, whereby
- Old Spellingsaether, connexion, magick, shew, shoppe
- clarifiersi.e., e.g., namely, meaning, specifically